The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the 'Living Infinite.

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.

He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.